• Removed the requirement for affixing an approved safety sticker to firearms while hunting wild turkey, effective as soon as possible.

• Established daily and length limits for striped bass at Bull Shoals Lake and standardizes striped bass length and daily limits on Norfork Lake with those of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to provide consistency and reduce angler confusion.

• Accepted the donation of approximately 54 acres in St. Louis County as an addition to Rockwoods Range.

• Approved selling approximately .57 acre and granting a temporary construction easement on approximately .94 acre of the Saline Valley Conservation Area in Miller County to the State of Missouri, acting by and through the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, for a bridge replacement project.

• Suspended or revoked all hunting and fishing privileges of 270 people who are not in compliance with applicable child-support laws. Privileges suspended for noncompliance are reinstated once the Division of Child Support Enforcement notifies MDC that suspendees have come into compliance with the required laws.

• Suspended privileges of 221 nonresidents under the provisions of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.

• Set the next regular Conservation Commission meeting for Apr. 12 and 13 in Jefferson City.

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This document is provided for public information only and is not an official record of the Missouri Department of Conservation or Missouri Conservation Commission.

Murphy is a native of Lewis County who has spent much time hunting, fishing and farming with his family in northeast Missouri. In 2013, he retired as executive director of the Conservation Federation of Missouri and prior to that was regional director and field supervisor for the National Wild Turkey Federation. In 2009, Outdoor Life named him as one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Future of Hunting and Fishing.

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